LEMMON, Justice.
This is an appeal from a conviction of first degree murder and a sentence of death. The principal issues involve (1) the constitutionality of the 1983 amendment to La.C.Cr.P. Art. 799 which reduced the number of peremptory challenges from twelve to eight; (2) the denial of a challenge for cause of a prospective juror from the victim's neighborhood who visited the funeral home to view the victim's body; (3) the granting of challenges for cause for...
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